with huge number of photos and some video here. Enjoy.
Brantome is on an island formed by 2 rivers and is very photogenic. We also took a boat trip, thus the video.
the town started life prior to arrival of monks, but the monks arrived and set up in the caves in the 8th century! they were followed by the benedictines who built an abbey out from the rocks. all that is left of the Abbey is the church, and part of a later residence now housing the Mairie and the Tourist Information Office.
tomorrow is our last full day here and we set off home on Monday. :-(
Brantome is on an island formed by 2 rivers and is very photogenic. We also took a boat trip, thus the video.
the town started life prior to arrival of monks, but the monks arrived and set up in the caves in the 8th century! they were followed by the benedictines who built an abbey out from the rocks. all that is left of the Abbey is the church, and part of a later residence now housing the Mairie and the Tourist Information Office.
tomorrow is our last full day here and we set off home on Monday. :-(
2 comments:
I hope that's a Google picture and not something you shot with your camera from some terrible height. *shiver* I hate heights. Worse is the climbing up. Unless you were in a balloon or something. *G*
Looked up Brantome on the 'Net. What a beautiful and historically interesting place. Did you see any of the caves? That too would be fascinating.
check the photo links out jean, put them all up on photobucket!
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